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4 أَطْيَبَ see 2: ― -b2- and see also 10, in four places. -A2- اطاب signifies also He brought, brought forward, offered, or proffered, good, pleasant, delicious, or savoury, food. (O, K.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) He spoke good, pleasant, or sweet, words. (O, K.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) He begat good children. (K.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) He wedded lawfully. (O, K.) -A3- مَا أَطْيَبَهُ, and مَا أَيْطَبَهُ, the latter formed by transposition, (S, TA,) or a dial. var. of the former, (TA in art. يطب,) and أَطْيِبْ بِهِ, and أَيْطِبْ بِهِ, are all allowable [as meaning How good, pleasant, delightful, delicious, or sweet, is he, or it! or how pure, or clean, &c.!]. (TA.) ― -b2- And one says, مَا أَطْيَبَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْكَ [How pleased, or happy, or content is he to be without thee, or to give thee up, or to relinquish thee!]. (IAar, K in art. سفط.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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